Transgender Michigan was founded in 1997, and continues to run one of the only transgender helplines in the country, available 24/7 at 855-345-8464. Every tax-deductible donation helps them continue to provide support, advocacy, and education.

Attention writers: Today’s auction is for a critique of a short story, up to 7500 words, by Hugo award-winning author Naomi Kritzer.

Kritzer has been writing and selling her short fiction since before the turn of the century, and she’ll use that experience and expertise to help you improve your own story.

Disclaimer: Winning this auction does not guarantee you’ll win a Hugo award … but you never know, right?

How to bid:

Minimum bid is $25. Bidding starts the moment this post goes live!

Enter your bid in the comments. Bids must be a minimum of $1 more than the previous bid. (No bouncing back and forth in the bids one penny at a time.) Make sure to include an email address I can use to contact you.

Each auction will run for 24 hours, starting at noon Eastern time and running until noon the following day.

To discourage last-minute sniping, I’ll wait until 10 minutes after the last bid to close an auction.

If you want to be notified about other bids, check the “Subscribe to Comments” box when you bid.

Winning the auction:

I’ll contact the winner, who will then donate the winning bid to Transgender Michigan. You’ll forward me a copy of the receipt, at which point, I’ll contact the donor to put you both in touch so she can work with you on the critique of your story.

About Naomi Kritzer:

Naomi Kritzer grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, though she was born in North Carolina, lived in Indiana and Houston, Texas before she turned five, and spent a year living in London when she was 13. She moved to Minnesota to attend college, and hasn’t left. She and her husband have two daughters and three cats. In addition to her short fiction, she’s published six fantasy novels with Bantam Books. Her story “Cat Pictures, Please” was nominated for the Nebula award, and won the 2016 Locus and Hugo awards for Best Short Story.

6 Tad Williams Bundles: each bundle includes one copy of Otherland: City of Golden Shadow (hardcover first edition, first printing) plus 1 Advance Review Copy of The Heart of What Was Lost.

6 DAW December Release Bundles: each bundle includes one copy of all DAW December titles: Dreamweaver, Tempest, Alien Nation, and Jerusalem Fire, plus a bonus ARC (dependent on stock).

At any time between now and the end of the fundraiser, donate $5 to Transgender Michigan and email me a copy of the receipt at jchines -at- gmail.com, with the subject line “DAW Raffle Entry.” Each week, I’ll pick at least one donor to win their choice of either a Tad Williams or a December Release bundle from DAW.

You can donate more than $5. For example, donating $20 would get you four entries. However, you can only win a maximum of one of each bundle. This is separate from the individual auctions. Winning an auction does not count as a raffle entry.